Cattle-stanchion.



PATENTED APR. 7, 1908.

W. GUTENKUNST. CATTLE STANGHION.

APPLIUATION FILED 0011.18, 1808.

Y WITNESSES N, n. c.

1HE Nomzls PETERS co., wnsnmcw WILLIAM GUTENKUNST, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CATTLE-STANCHION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 18, 1906.

Patented April '7, 1908.

Serial No. 339,453.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GUTEN- KUNST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Stanchions, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates toy improvements in that class of cattle stanchions in which the cattle retaining bars are revolubly connected at their respective ends with a su porting frame, and it pertains more especially, first, to the construction and arrangement of the gravity latch and loop which are adapted to engageand lock the upper end of the pivotally supported stanchion bar when it is closed, while said loop is adapted to hold and guide the pivotal bar when disengaged from the latch, said loop being adapted to serve as a means of disengaging the latch from the upper end of said pivotal bar preparatory to opening the stanchion bar.

My invention pertains, second, to the device for adjusting the fixed stanchion bar nearer to or further from the pivotal bar as may be required for cattle of different sizes.

My invention is further explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 represents a front view of the stanchion in its open position. Fig. 2 is a Jfront view of the stanchion in its closed position, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the stanchion in its open position.

Like arts are identified by the same reference 'gures throughout the several views.

`1 represents the stationary stanchion bar and 2 the pivotal stanchion bar. Bar 1 is rigidly aliXed at its lower end to the bracket 3 by bolt 4 and said barand bracket are adjustably secured to the revoluble bracket 5 by the bolt 6, said bar 1 being afliXed at its upper end to the bracket 7 by the bolt 8, brace bar 9 and brace retaining bolts 10 and 11, while the bar 2 is pivotally connected at its lower end to the revoluble bracket 5 by the bolt 12 and is movably connected at its upper end to the bracket 7 by and within the loop 13. The bracket 5 is revolubly connected with the lower horizontal sup orting bar 14 by the trunnion 15, while the llilracket 7 is revolublyconnected with the upper bar 16 by the trunnion 17. The bracket 5 is provided with a plurality of holes 18 for the reception of the adjusting bolt 6, whereby, by removing said bolt, the lower end of said it is secured at such point of adjustment by inserting the bolt 6 through one of the holes 18 of the series formed in said bracket 5, whereby the lower end of said stanchion bar and the bracket 3 connected therewith are securely retained in lace, while the upper end of said stanchion ar 1 is simultaneously adjusted by removing the bolt 8 when the upper end of the bar 1 is moved toward the right or left to correspond with the adjustment of the lower end, when it is secured at such point of adjustment by again inserting the bolt 8 through one of the series of apertures 19 which registers with the central aperture in the upper end of the bar 1 when thus adjusted,iwhereby it is obvious that the stanchion bar 1 may be readily adjusted at both its upper and lower ends as required for the purposes stated. It will be understood that when thus adjusting the upper end of the stationary stanchion bar 1 to register with one of the apertures 19, the bolt 10 is also removed, and the upper end of the bracel bar 9 and said bolt 10 yare also adjusted adjustment ciJ bolt 10 is again inserted through the aperture of said brace bar and the aperture in the bracket registering therewith, when said brace bar and bolts cooperate with the bolt 8 in holding the upper end of said stanchion barin lace.

The oops 13 and the bar retaining latch 2O are ivotally connected with the bracket 7 by tiie same pivotal bolt 21. The latch 20 is provided with a central lug 22 which tapers outwardly and upwardly from the sup orting bracket 7, whereby as the Jfree' end ofp said bar 2 is brou ht in contact with said lu "22,

said latch wil be thrown upward unti vthe bar 2 has passed beneath said lug when said latch will drop of its own gravity, and the lu of said latch will engage the upper end of said bar. The latch 20 is preferably pivoted to the outer surface of the supporting bracket 7, while the loop 13 is preferably pivoted to the inner surface of said bracket, whereby as said loop 13 is raised by the manual act of a person, the respective sides 23 of said loop will be brought to bear against the front end of said latch upon the respective side of the lug 'toward the riOht and left to conform to the.

said stanchion bar when the 22,- whereby said latch will be raised and thrown out of enga ement with said stanchion bar when sai stanchion bar will be free to move from the vertical position shown in Fig. 2 to the inclined position shown in Fig. 1.

24 is a loop supporting stop which is rigidly affixed to the outer edge of the-bar 2 and its upper end is inclined outward at an angle t'o the edge of said bar, whereby when said loop 13 is raised, said loop will dro into engagement with the upper end of sai( stop and will be thus retained while the stanchions are open, as shown in Fig. 1. When, however, an animal is in place between said bars 1 and 2, and said bar 2 is moved inward toward the vertical said loop 13 will be thrown up slightly by contact with the angular bearing 25 of said stop until said stop has passed beneath it when said loop 13 will drop from the raisedl position, shown in Fig. 1, to the lower position, indicated in Fig. 2, when the latch 2O will simultaneously be caused to engage the upper end of the stanchion bar 2, whereby said bar 2 is securely locked in place. Heretofore it has been common to use a gravity loop alone as a means of locking the pivotal stanchion bar in its closed position. By my construction, however, the pivotal stanchion bar is locked in its closed position solely by the action of the gravity latch 20, while said loop 13 serves the three-fold purose of supporting the pivotal bar 2 against ateral movement as a guide for the upper end of said bar as it is being closed and as a means for throwing the latch 20 out of engagement with the upper end of the stanchion bar, when desirous to o en the stanchion. rIhe latch 20 is provider with two upwardly projecting lugs 20 which are adapted,

when said latch is raised to engage the respective vertical sides of the bar 16 above the stanchion, whereby they prevent the stanchion from turning as the pivotal stanchion bar 2 is passing beneath the latch.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, A

1. Ina cattle stanchion of the class described, the combination of a stanchion supporting frame, an upper and lower stanchion bracket ivotally connected with said frame, a pair o vertical stanchion bars, one rigidly connected at its respective ends with said upper and lower brackets and the other pivotally connected at its lower end with said lower bracket and slidably connected at its upper end with said upper bracket, a latch provided with a central lug having its contact bearing surface inclined inwardly and downwardly at an angle to the vertical and adapted to be raised by contact with and to engage the upper end of said pivotally supported stanchion bar a bar retaining loo pivotally connected to said bracket beneatii said latch and adapted to guide and limit the outer movement of the stanchion bar when released Jfrom the latch and to serve as a lever for raising and disengaging said latch from the end of said stanchion bar when locked and a single bolt pivotally connecting said latch and loop to said upper bracket.

2. In a cattle stanchion of the class described, the combination of a stanchion supporting frame, an upper and lower stanchion racket pivotally connected with said frame, a pair of vertical stanchion bars, one of said bars being adjustably secured at its respective ends to said brackets, the other stanchionbar being pivotally connected at its lower end with said lower bracket and I slidably connected at its upper end with said upper bracket, a latch provided with a centra lug having its contact bearing surface formed at an angle to the vertical and adapted to be raised by contact with and engage the upper end of said pivotally supported stan-` to guide and limit the outer movement oi the stanchion bar when released Jfrom the latch and to serve as a lever for raising and disengaging said latch from the end of said stanchion bar when locked.

latch and al In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM GUTENKUNST.

Witnesses:

JAS. B. ERwIN, O. R. ERWIN. 

